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Students in Higher Education and Scottish Institutions 2006-07

18/03/2008

Statistics on Students in Higher Education (HE) at Scottish Institutions 2006-07 were published today.

Summary of Key Findings:

• Since 2005-06 the number of students in Scottish higher education rose by 8,790 to their historically highest level of 293,970, 71% were of Scottish domiciles (207,585). There were also 14,115 students at the Open University in Scotland, giving a combined total of 308,085
• The number of students at HEIs rose by 10,290 since 2005-06 to 244,510, (up 30 per cent since 1999-00). Students in higher education at colleges fell by 1,500 to 49,460
• Entrants increased by 3 per cent between 2005-06 and 2006-07, 10 per cent since 1999-00. 75 per cent of all entrants were Scottish domiciles
• The most popular HE courses in Scotland were business administration and subjects allied to medicine, accounting for a third of HE students combined (31 per cent)
• 20 per cent (58,095) of students at Scottish institutions were of overseas domiciles, up 6,995 since 2005-06, 72 per cent of these were from outside Europe